James Spithill




After Ed Bair today we are pibbybacking James Spethill. He is probably the most talentes sailor of all in AC circus and he is on board on Luna Rossa.
Aggressive circileng is one of his characteristics and match racing has no secrets for him.
We will see its performances James when will attempt to win his second consecutive King Edward VII Gold Cup when the Bermuda Gold Cup, Stage 4 of the 2006-’07 World Match Racing Tour, takes place on Hamilton Harbour, Oct. 10-15.
Spithill, the recent recipient of the Australian Yachting 2006 Male Sailor of the Year award, headlines a field of 16 crews that will compete in the $50,000 regatta sailed in 33-foot IOD sloops.
In August 30th - September 11th. he was in for , San Francisco, CA (USA) STAR TRAINING with Andy Horton (gold medal in star class in Qingdao pre olimpic regattas).
Here you can find Luna Rossa Summer Programme
All the team had an intense summer .
- COPA DEL REY, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), July 29th - August 6th.
Nacho Braquehais (Caixa Galicia)
Torben Grael (Caixa Galicia)
Francesco Bruni (Orlanda)
Michele Cannoni (Orlanda)
Massimo Gherarducci (Orlanda)
Claudio Novi (Orlanda)
Romolo Ranieri (Orlanda)
Manuel Modena (Orlanda)
Alan Smith (Pinta)
Andrew Taylor (Pinta)
Max Sirena (Lexus)

- INTERNATIONAUX DE FRANCE DE MATCH RACING 2006, Baie de la Baule - Port de Pornichet (France), August 2nd - 6th
Philippe Presti

- STAR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, Hamburg (Germany), August 5th - 12th.
Francesco Bruni
Gilberto Nobili
Andy Horton

- ATHENS TROPHY 2006, Athens (Greece), August 19th - 26th.
Nacho Braquehais (Caixa Galicia)
Francesco Bruni (Orlanda)
Michele Cannoni (Orlanda)
Simone de Mari (Orlanda)
Andy Horton (Orlanda)
Manuel Modena (Orlanda)
Gilberto Nobili (Orlanda)
Claudio Novi (Orlanda)
Max Sirena (Lexus)

- TRIESTE CHALLENGE, LA SFIDA, Trieste (Italy), August 28th - September 3rd.
Francesco de Angelis
Simone de Mari
Ben Durham
Shannon Falcone
Andy Fethers
Michele Ivaldi
Romolo Ranieri
Tatsuya Wakinaga

- STAR TRAINING, San Francisco, CA (USA), August 30th - September 11th.
James Spithill
Andy Horton

- ROLEX FARR 40 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, Newport, RI (USA), September 1st - 9th.
Tom Burnham (Ghost)
Michele Cannoni (Ghost)
Shannon Falcone (Ghost)
Max Sirena (Ghost)
Chris Kamp (Morning Glory)
Jonathan McKee (Morning Glory)
Alan Smith (Pinta)
Andrew Taylor (Pinta)
Daniel Fong (Wild Oats)

- MATCH RACE OPEN DE ESPANA, Calpe (Spain), September 6th - 10th.
Paolo Bassani
Nacho Braquehais
Manuel Modena
Philippe Presti

and now are back in Valencia to train on Luna Rossa and a renewed ITA 74  to have an effective testing partner for aspects pertaining to the trying out of new components and for those linked to the development of the Sailing Team.

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